The Vietnam News Agency’s news website VietnamPlus officially added Chinese news to its mobile web version on October 15, to help readers surf the news using mobile phones.
All mobile phones with the pre-installed Chinese Unicode font can access the news at http://mcn.vietnamplus.vn.
The Chinese news focuses on politics, society, economics, culture and sports, but will be gradually expanded to include other areas to provide readers with an overall picture of Vietnam .
Readers can also surf the news in Vietnamese, English, French and Spanish via the shortcut button available on the homepage.
The number of visitors to VietnamPlus using mobile devices has increased rapidly, with a monthly rise of 56 percent in September from August. This figure is expected to grow by 67 percent month on month in October.
Statistics show that visitors to VietnamPlus via iPad account for the largest number, followed by mobile phones using Symbian, iPhone and Windows operating systems.
VietnamPlus ( Vietnam+ ) was officially launched in November 2008 and is now available in five languages.
Being a late arrival to the worldwide web, VietnamPlus quickly attracted a large number of readers as it invested in new technologies and made the most of VNA’s resources, including over 1,000 reporters at 63 domestic and 27 overseas bureaus.
On January 11, 2010, VietnamPlus officially launched Vietnam’s first ever multi-language telecoms service, enabling mobile users, including Vietnamese and foreigners living in Vietnam and in other countries, to read the news on the website in the language of their choice.
The service has now more than 50,000 subscribers, with around 200 new subscribers registering every day.
On May 5, VietnamPlus launched its mobile web version, becoming the first news website in Vietnam that runs on all platforms – website, mobile web and mobile application./.
All mobile phones with the pre-installed Chinese Unicode font can access the news at http://mcn.vietnamplus.vn.
The Chinese news focuses on politics, society, economics, culture and sports, but will be gradually expanded to include other areas to provide readers with an overall picture of Vietnam .
Readers can also surf the news in Vietnamese, English, French and Spanish via the shortcut button available on the homepage.
The number of visitors to VietnamPlus using mobile devices has increased rapidly, with a monthly rise of 56 percent in September from August. This figure is expected to grow by 67 percent month on month in October.
Statistics show that visitors to VietnamPlus via iPad account for the largest number, followed by mobile phones using Symbian, iPhone and Windows operating systems.
VietnamPlus ( Vietnam+ ) was officially launched in November 2008 and is now available in five languages.
Being a late arrival to the worldwide web, VietnamPlus quickly attracted a large number of readers as it invested in new technologies and made the most of VNA’s resources, including over 1,000 reporters at 63 domestic and 27 overseas bureaus.
On January 11, 2010, VietnamPlus officially launched Vietnam’s first ever multi-language telecoms service, enabling mobile users, including Vietnamese and foreigners living in Vietnam and in other countries, to read the news on the website in the language of their choice.
The service has now more than 50,000 subscribers, with around 200 new subscribers registering every day.
On May 5, VietnamPlus launched its mobile web version, becoming the first news website in Vietnam that runs on all platforms – website, mobile web and mobile application./.
